Wol's Riverbank tales: Part 3 Restoration

GeorgeUK

Wol, silly question here, but have you ever considered having a quiet life?
I realise it may be a bit of a leap for you - just wondering.

Glad that the expert witness was able to identify how bad the builders were. I wouldn't let your original surveyor get away scott free. It was his job to make sure the work was done to a reasonable standard, so while he may have made a mess of the settlement you can get from the builders - i would say that his incompetence made him liable too.

Hopefully that's the end of the discoveries at the house. With the original builders and surveyor you've had enough rats at you house without the ones in the garden coming along. Not sure what you can do to get rid of them either - i take it the compost heap has wire mesh to try to stop them digging?

Hope you can find some time to relax and recuperate.

Lula-Hula

Just to let you know I'm still lurking, but just havent found the right kind of words to say anything useful.

BBC2 is quite entertaining right now & the words "... pick up my guitar & play, just like yesterday ... wont get fooled again ..." is the best advice I can give right now

Thinking of you even if I'm not posting

xx

Wol2

Nargleblast wrote: »

Three cheers for sanity! At last the breakthrough you have been waiting for! I hope you get a written report of everything that was wrong with your house to send to all those who doubted you with a message for them to shove that where the sun doesn't shine!

Thanx Nargle

as ever.....You;ve summed it up eloquently...:A:A

As per the previous post re Rat Soup :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: (I'm now utterly convinced ) you must have had a similar experience to be able to descrinbe it so accurately :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:)...in this case, thanx for understanding :kisses3::kisses3:

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Wol2

GeorgeUK wrote: »

Almost sounds like the house is getting rebuilt from the posts i've seen :eek:


YEP!!



Is that programme still going to do work on the house?

YEP!!!


If so, are they doing it all???

YEP!!! with penalties if they don;t finish before the Rave :rotfl::rotfl:

xxx

Edit - Reading this back I see what you mean now George and the answer is actually No - the TV programme never responded to the info/piccies I sent them.....so my builders are doing all this at my expense

Wol2

Karmacat wrote: »

I'm looking forward to the rave! And it isn't an issue for me what state the house is in, but I understand that for you its a milestone to recovery of your life, and that makes it really important to you. So I want it *for* you. Your new top totty builders sound excellent, and I'm really glad you found them. You take care, and remember to get some sleep tonight.

Thank you so much KC - as ever you are spot on and with empathy......very much appreciated :T


Just going to wrestle the TV control from Ginger before going up to bed.. :rotfl:

Hope HH is continuing to show of its delights :kisses3:

xxx

Wol2

GeorgeUK wrote: »

Wol, silly question here, but have you ever considered having a quiet life?

Oooooohhh yes¬! (Think a certain bulldog in well known car insurance ad )

I realise it may be a bit of a leap for you - just wondering.

Awww blesss.....Wonder away - might waste a bit of your time though

Glad that the expert witness was able to identify how bad the builders were. I wouldn't let your original surveyor get away scott free. It was his job to make sure the work was done to a reasonable standard, so while he may have made a mess of the settlement you can get from the builders - i would say that his incompetence made him liable too.

Hopefully that's the end of the discoveries at the house. With the original builders and surveyor you've had enough rats at you house without the ones in the garden coming along. Not sure what you can do to get rid of them either - i take it the compost heap has wire mesh to try to stop them digging?

Hope you can find some time to relax and recuperate.

Bless Hun...we are doing what we can to get to Nirvana. As for RATS ....:whistle::whistle::whistle::whistle:

Nargleblast

Can't say that rat soup has ever been on my menu, but I do have a vivid imagination!!!! Too many horror films as a child - used to watch the Friday night Dracula films with my next door neighbour when I was 17. We used to drink coffee, eat chocolate digestives and drool over Christopher Lee whilst her kids were asleep upstairs. I would talk to her about my boyfriend issues, whilst unbeknown to either of us her husband was out not with the lads but banging the old tart across the road.....ah, the sum of human tragedy!
I think this whole affair has just proved that you were right, everyone else was wrong, and you were not such a useless waste of good oxygen after all. Which your good friends here on MSE knew all along anyway, astute and intuitive beings that we are! Keep up the good work.

Lemon_Tree

glad to see you back on here Wol, sorry you've been going trough a wringer, but i'm glad to see you're second post here which was more positive. Sending more hugs to Ginge wishing him a speedy recovery

taxi73

Glad things are getting sorted for you now and we all knew you weren't mad.
Those evil builders and surveyors will get their comeuppance one day x

Wol2

Some good suggestions George - I will get the expert report through next week and can then decide what to do and whether or not I can pursue anyone to try and recover some of the costs. I would also like to consider trying to get some compensation for the last three years of anguish/turmoil/financial loss but that is always more difficult.

What is very clear is that there have been several instances where in my opinion a breach of contract may have occurred and I have to identify which parties to pursue and how.

I already have the complaint being adjudicated by the Ombudsman against the insurance company over the actions of themselves and their agents (which didn;t include the re-building costs until the Ombudsman advised me to include them). No word back yet however I suspect that the adjudicator will say that the build contract itself was mine alone and nothing to do with the insurance company. Nevertheless I need to write and update the Ombudsman of the latest developments.

I therefore need to look at trying to recover the costs elsewhere and ironically this means I am now having to notify the same insurance company of my intention to make a claim for legal expenses :rotfl::rotfl:- it is currently being assessed by their solicitors to see if the policy conditions will support what I intend to do.

I envisage it will be a long time before the whole legal stuff runs its course and I am going to take the attitude that if I get any costs recovered/compensation via whatever means it will be a bonus What I am not going to do once this new build contract is finished is to shell out any more personal money pursuing this ref more building work, solicitors fees etc or stress about it and I will just have to live with all the rest of the wonky bits, accept that these people may never be brought to book for their actions, and hope that one day karma will intervene ........;)

The most important thing is the worst bits of my house are now being mended, and soon I will feel able to get back to a normal healthy life and hopefully then find a high powered job to earn enough money to re-stock the savings/pension pot that has been pillaged to date.


Roll on The Rave :j:j

xxxx